Well-Groomed Restrooms

Overview: Often overlooked or downplayed when designing a new building or refurbishing an existing structure, restrooms play a significant role in shaping building occupants’ opinions of a facility. Fortunately, realizing the importance of these spaces and the potential for creating durable, decorative designs, building owners and facility executives are paying more attention to restrooms. Before embarking on a restroom design project, however, building owners and facility executives must be aware of pitfalls that can hamstring their efforts. Number of problems are discussed one of them is inadequate or inappropriate privacy screening is common problem that should be corrected. The space should be arranged so that some type of wall area blocks a view into the lavatory areas or distinctly separates the two functions, yet still maintains easy accessibility so that occupants don’t have to proceed through a maze of screen walls. Another way to increase the amount of space and maneuverability in a rest- room is to recess as many of the fixtures as possible. Read the article to get the tips for effective utilization of space.

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Format: HTML | Date: Nov 2001 | Pages: 1